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How Our Social Media Checks Work 

Hire quickly and confidently with social media searches that layer cutting-edge AI with expert human analysis.

Advanced automations review over 10,000 publicly available social media and online content sources to help reveal potentially risky conduct associated with your candidate, while suppressing protected class information.

Discovered content is reviewed using defined best practice methods to help confirm that the online source relates to your candidate or employee.

The completed report is delivered for your consideration in the hiring process. Content that may present a workplace concern is flagged for your review based on your pre-defined settings.

“As our company grows, we have to be mindful of risk. First Advantage’s systems allow us to be the nimble, fast growing company we are, while also covering us with the appropriate screenings we need to satisfy our standards and those of our partners.”

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Gain additional details about your candidate that other background checks might miss.

  • Searches up to 7 years of history of a candidate or employee’s public online content.
  • Search for content in thousands of news and online sources.
  • Review flagged relevant content from pre-identified behavioral categories.
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Our advanced fulfillment systems accelerate the turnaround times and enhance search accuracy on your background checks. Our searches utilize intelligent automation to speed up the entire employment background check process – from submitting the search to applying your adjudication matrix.

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Social Media Frequently Asked Questions*

Generally, employers can search publicly available social media content as a part of their background check process. Many employers use social media checks to gain insights into a candidate’s online presence, assess their potential fit in the organization, and evaluate their professionalism.

Social media checks review publicly available online information and flag content that may include threatening language, intolerance, sexually explicit material, violence, harassment, crime, and drug use. The specific content flagged in a social media search can vary based on the organization’s requirements.

First Advantage social media checks review thousands of publicly available online sources, including social media platforms such as: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Reddit and others.

Both types of searches are used to gain insight into how a candidate meets the qualifications for a job.

Traditional background searches confirm a candidate’s history using records from formal public sources, such as courts and government databases, as well as private sources like employers and education institutions.

In contrast, social media checks review publicly available online content related to the candidate. These checks focus on job-related online activity that could potentially represent a risk for the business.

Social media checks review up to 7 years of history of a candidate or employee’s public online content.

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Whether you want to rethink your employment background check program or need enhanced social media checks for more informed hiring, we can help.

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Sources: 1 FAMA, Social 2025  | 2 FAMA, Product 2025  | 3 First Advantage as of December 2024.

 

*This content is offered for informational purposes only. First Advantage is not a law firm, and this content does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice nor does it create and attorney-client relationship.

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